The VOX FEMINAE Women Composers and Performers Music Festival will take place at the Felicja Blumenthal Music Centre from December 23 – 25, 2014. Spanning a diverse range of music from Hildegard Von Bingen (a favorite of mine) to contemporary compositions by Israeli women composers, the three day festival is under the artistic direction of Alona Epshtein, Rona Israel-Kolatt, and Taum Karni.
Festival Schedule:
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
19:00 – Opening night reception
19:30 – Introduction and greeting – Prof. Mira Zakai
A performance of Rüya רִיה رویا Ethnic Ensemble
Dedicated to music of women from all over the world including ancient troubadour lullabies and Turkish traditional music. Hila Lahav (Recorders and Ney), Marina Toshich (Oud), Gonen Wizel (Percussion),Yizik Gan (kamanche), Dima Toperman (Cello).
For your pleasure – “Vivaldi and Abd’l Wahab getting intimate”
21:00 – A Feather on the Breath of God, A tribute to Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179). During her lifetime, she composed over 70 musical pieces, wrote hundreds of poems, and published several books, including two on the natural sciences, Physica and Causae et Curae. Performance by the
Carmina Singers Ensemble, Conductor: Taum Karni
22:15 – An Electro-Acoustic Performance of Ayelet Lerman and Dganit Elyakim. Journeying through interpretation and extemporization with two of Israel’s leading innovative composers-performers.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Dora’s Dream: The Second Dream – The Sigmund Freud-Dora Case (1905): Music Meaning Language
Chaired by Anat Pick
19:30 – Performance Discussion Reading into a Female Dream with: Prof. Bracha L. Ettinger (Artist and Psychoanalyst), Anat Pick, and Etty Ben-Zaken (Voice Artists)
20:30 – World Premieres Concert by Composers:
Hadas Goldschmidt-Halfon, Talia Amar-Krim, Hagar Kadima, Alona Epshtein, Marina Toshich (Oud), Adaya Godlevsky (Harp), Rona Israel-Kolatt (Soprano), Hadas Fabrikant (Violin),Eliana Lowenberg (Viola), Inbar Solomon (Recorder). Conductor: Taum Karni
One ticket provides admission to the entire evening.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
19:30 – Alma Mahler (A narrated concert)
An exploration in word and song of one of the most enigmatic and charismatic women of the 20th century. A muse of great artists and a composer in her own right. Rona Israel Kolatt (Soprano) Nitza Abravaya (Piano and Narration).
20:30 – Two are one – Music for two Pianos by Hagar Kadima, Tali Assa, Flory Namir, Irena Svetova, Hana Ajiashvili and Noriko Nakamura. Tami Kanazawa and Yuval Admony (Piano Duo).
VOX FEMINAE
Tickets for each event are 30/40 NIS; to order call: 03-6201185
The Felicia Blumenthal Music Centre
26 Bialik Street, Tel Aviv
Links: Israel Women Composers Forum, facebook event page
